Bottle-holder.



A. c. LAILER.

I BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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Amuse-A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ARTHUR, C. LAILER, OF SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that L'ARTi-IUR C. LAILER, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention comprehends improvements in bottle holders and relates more adapted for holding milk bottles.

The primary object of the invention re sides in the provision of an article of manufacture of this nature, which shall be of extremely simple cmistruction, strong, durable, and which may be readily positioned within a basket so as to hold a milk bottle against movement.

The invention also aims to generally imparticularly to those which are especially prove articles of this nature to render themmore useful, practical, and commercially desirable.

lVith these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description procee'ls, the invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying draw-- ings, in whicl1- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a holder constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of a basket'being shown in dotted lines, and, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, showing my improved holder secured in a basket.

The body portion of my improved bottle holder is preferably formed of a continuous metallic rod of a suitable diameter, said rod being bent adjacent one end to provide the circular base loop 1, and then wound spirally to provide the coils 2. The upper end'of the rod is secured by being twisted about one of the coils, asindicated at 3. This construction provides an open cylindrical body por tion which, it is to be understood, may be of any diameter and formed by coiling a rod any number of times. I The rodjs held in its coiled position by a pair of flat metal bracing. strips 4 and 5, said supported by the strips 4 and 5.

and the metal between the apertures struck inwardly to provide the cross over-strips 6. The rod forming the body portion passes be tween the cross over strips and the main portions of the braces 4 and The lower end of the strip 4 is bent around the base loop 1, as indicated at 7, and the corresponding end of the brace 5 is bent around the inner end of the rod,, as same. The uppermpstof said transverse grooves 6 and cross over portions 6 are inclined downwardly so that the free terminal of the coil is trained downwardly to a point adjacent the second coil whereby it may be twisted thereabout, as indicated at It will thus be seen'that in having the coils 2 extending through the transverse grooves 6, that the body portion of the holder is rigidly The braces are continued beyond the uppermost coil and have their extremities bent outwardly and downwardly to provide the arms 9.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that l have provided a very strong and simple bottle holder which may be easily secured within one cornerof a basket, such as indicated by the numeral 10,

.by hooking the arms 9 over the sides thereof.

My bottle holder is especially intended for use by milk milk rolling around in the baskets, but it is to-be understood that the device is capable of use in various other ways.

11 and 12 indicate crossed rods, which are looped at their ends into engagement with the base loop 1 of the cylindrical body portion. These rods make it possible to use the device upon baskets of various sizes and also as a holder for bottles which are not being carried in a basket.

It is to be understood that while I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited'to this exact construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, but may make such changes as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A bottle holder consisting of a body poi tion formed of a single piece of coiled wire, longitudinal supporting strips prmidcd with a plurality of iransverse grooves, an,

Patented not. 10, 1914. ApplicationfiledIvIarch11,1913.- SerialNo.753,626. y

indicated at 8, to secure thest-rips being apertured at the proper places i and transversely grooved, as shown at 6? carriers to prevent bottles of mpertured endssjoweriportion forme dcentrally of the grooves, certain of; said gi'tudinal ..strips disposed g adgacent ,each other, the uppermost of "said *a v 'ove1 2*p0rtions and grooves disposed in an 53g ular lane with rela'itionto the-other of 1?. sai-g "cross? over port ons j and transverse;

gi'oeves', said wire engaging said. grooves .a'nd extending through .said apentured cross .over portion, and the uppen free terminal of OOVES,

twisted algoutthe adjacent coiL jaeent 'JCIO'SS in presence e two'witnesses.

ARTHUR Q. 'LAILE Witiiessesi FRANK H. JORDAN, CHns.J.'T1LTo1-;. 

